When You Draw Back a Bow and Shoot an Arrow

question 35

Essay

When you draw back a bow and shoot an arrow, the arrow exhibits kinetic energy as it moves through the air. As you know, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Thus, trace the origin of the kinetic energy of the arrow as far back as you can.

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Definitions:

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that carry information for the development, functioning, and reproduction of organisms.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in four haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell, involved in sexual reproduction.

Sperm Cell

The male reproductive cell, which can fertilize an egg cell to initiate the development of a new organism.

Genetic Material

Molecules within living cells that carry genetic information, primarily DNA or RNA, which guide the development, functioning, and reproduction of organisms.